Catherine Grant
Programme Head: Economic Diplomacy
Areas of Research Expertise:
- Trade negotiations
- Regional integration
- Government and private sector relations
Background:
Ms. Grant was a diplomat for New Zealand for over 10 years and was posted in New York, Geneva and Pretoria, where she held the position of Deputy High Commissioner. She has participated in United Nations and World Trade Organization negotiations. Ms. Grant also worked as a consultant on trade and development matters before joining Business Unity South Africa in April 2007 as Executive Director: Trade Policy. Her portfolio at BUSA included trade negotiations, trade and investment promotion activities, international relations and trade policy matters. She represented BUSA at NEDLAC on trade and other related issues. Ms. Grant was the Secretary of the SADC Employers Group and SADC Business Forum from 2007 to 2010 and continues to support efforts towards strengthening private sector participation in regional and trade policy debates.
Languages spoken:
English
Basic French
Recent Publications:
Grant, Catherine (2011) 'State Visits as a Tool of Economic Diplomacy: Bandwagon or Business Sense' Occasional Paper No 87, Johannesburg: SAIIA.
Draper, Peter; Grant, Catherine; Kingombe, Christian and te Velde, Dirk Willem (2011) 'The G20 and African Development' Paper by ODI and SAIIA for ONE: Washington.
Grant, Catherine; Dube, Memory and Chapman, Geoffrey (2011) 'How can African countries harness Emerging Partners to foster regional and sub-regional integration? African Economic Outlook 2011, OECD: Paris.
McGrath, John; Said, Jonathan; Grant, Catherine and Chapman, Geoffrey (2011) 'Evaluating Aid for Trade on the Ground: Lessons from Malawi' Aid for Trade Series, ICTSD Programme on Competitiveness and Sustainable Development, Geneva.
Email address: catherine.grant[@]saiia.org.za
